Baldwin & de literaire wereld
Reading in Black takes you on a reading journey centered on Black writers, stories, and culture. They create spaces where readers can explore, deepen, and enjoy together—from sharing knowledge to meeting authors and experts.
Location The Bookshop
Genre Perspective
Duration 45 minutes
Language Dutch
Did you already buy a ticket for Giovanni’s Room for the 2026 run? Then you don’t need to purchase an additional ticket. Please note: seating is limited, and once it’s full, it’s full.
Baldwin & de literaire wereld
For this special edition at ITA, initiator Sharily Ortela delves into the work, era, and world of James Baldwin together with experts who have extensively studied and analyzed his writing, bringing together a range of perspectives and insights.
Which voices shaped his political vision? What did his time in Paris mean for his artistic development? And how does his work resonate today in the arts, in society, and in our personal lives? This in‑depth yet accessible conversation offers new entry points into Baldwin’s oeuvre, as well as into the stories that continue to shape us.
This program is a collaboration between Reading in Black and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, accompanying Eline Arbo’s current stage adaptation of the novel Giovanni’s Room.
For bookworms and eager listeners aged 6 and up, we present The Bookshop Kids! Every first Sunday of the month, we transform our soft‑pink Bookshop into a place full of children’s stories where imagination has all the space it needs.
